John Fedchock

John Fedchock (* 18th September 1957 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American jazz - trombonist , bandleader and composer .

Live and act

Fedchock studied at the Eastman School of Music and worked at the beginning of his musical career seven years in the big band of Woody Herman ; he was involved in his recordings for the Concord label and his 50th Anniversary Tour in 1986. He then played in the big bands of Bob Bolden and Maria Schneider , with whom he was married and on whose album Evanescence auf Enja he participated in 1981. In 1992 he recorded his first album New York Big Band for the Reservoir label with a number of New York musicians , followed in 1997 by the album On the Edge with Allen Farnham , on which, in addition to his own compositions, he recorded songs by Oliver Nelson ( "11.44" ) and Jaco Pastorius ( "Teen Town" ) interpreted. Richard Cook and Brian Morton named Fedchocks Band in their The Penguin Guide to Jazz as one of the great orchestras in (contemporary) jazz and gave their first album the highest rating of four stars. In 2000, the album Hit the Bricks was created in a smaller line-up, including with Chris Potter . Fedchock was also involved in the album Blues from an Old New Age by Gary Keller and accompanied the singers Rosemary Clooney and Susannah McCorkle .

Discographic notes

• New York Big Band (Reservoir, 1992)
• On the Edge (Reservoir, 1998)
• Hit the Bricks (Reservoir, 2000)
• No Nonsense (Reservoir, 2002)
• Up and Running (Reservoir, 2007)
• Like It Is (Mama Records, 2015)
• Reminiscence (2018)
• John Fedchock NY Sextet: Into the Shadows (2020)

literature

• Richard Cook : Jazz Encyclopedia . London 2006
• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2001
• Richard Cook, Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

Web links

• Homepage
• John Fedchock at Discogs (English)